I think it's time for a new thread for Opportunity after her Block Island Studies and time to think about wherethe Mars Rover Drivers are going to send Her. Will they decide to head south of Block Island or go back to the western route they were on before?

Where ever they go. I hope they find some more interesting surprises along the way.

One Question I do have regarding the Rovers. Have they ever found any Diamonds or Gold along the way and if mars did have them. Would they be buried beneath the surface??? Something I've been wondering about for a while if any precious metals would be on Mars or Not? I would say yes.

I'll second that. The wheel tracks from the out and inbound legs are clearly visible on the mosaic.Today is another driving sol. My take is that we'll catch that path and continue WNW until the same or similar point as during sol 1950, stopping for a quick science stop at those two craters Kaiko and Dolphin/Nereus.

Incidentally, I'm not really sure about the name of that second crater. The name "Dolphin" comes from the sequence used to shot the crater's pancam mosaic during sol 1950. However, it is named as "Nereus" on the monthly report from July. I'm tempted to take the second one as the correct one but it would be great if someone could confirm it.

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